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A novel method was proposed for identifying air quality in China. Causality analysis-based significance tests combined with different machine-learning algorithms were carried out to achieve an automated and accurate classification. To this end, the most developed 100 cities in China were selected as study areas. We analyzed meteorological factors such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind...
A comprehensive analysis of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), land-use type, and digital elevation model (DEM) data by using the geographic information system (GIS) showed that the index had increased over time in 84 prefectures that were part of the Grain for Green Project. SPOT Vegetation (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre Vegetation, or satellite observation of the earth’s vegetation)...
The haze satellite map produced by NASA in 2013 showed a "Gray Great Wall" in the sky from Beijing to Hong Kong, indicating serious air pollution in China. The air pollutants and greenhouse gases can be reduced through engineering measures known as industrial gas emission and haze reduction (GGE&H reduction), as well as through green GGE&H reduction by ecosystems such as forests...
This study focuses on soil heavy metal pollution and the potential ecological risks associated with mining activities. For this work we collected 83 topsoil samples and 11 soil profile samples from a typical abandoned Pb-Zn mining area in Hunan Province, China. Concentrations of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, and Ni were measured using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and As was analyzed by...
We based our research on real-time monitoring data for PM2.5 at the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Monitoring Center of Haidian Beijing Botanical Garden (a vegetated area), and at Haidian Wanliu (a non-vegetated area). By combining these two data points with the PM2.5 and meteorological data from a separate monitoring station in Beijing Botanical Garden’s forest interior, we analyzed the...
Preferential flow is important for solute transport in soil. This study aims to investigate distribution characteristics of preferential flow paths in agricultural land and to determine the effects of preferential flow on nitrate nitrogen transport. Dye tracer experiments were conducted on two farmland plots in Changping County, Beijing. Two undisturbed soil columns (with preferential flow) and two...
Explants of young leaves and hypocotyls of M. crystallinum were cultured on a Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium containing auxins, cytokinins and auxin-cytokinin combinations. Callus was obtained from the medium supplemented with kinetin and 2,4-D. Callus induction was more readily obtained from hypocotyls than from leaves. Media containing zeatin (ZT), kinetin (KT), 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic...
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